Jerusalem/Beirut, Oct 8 || Hezbollah forces fired nearly 105 rockets toward Haifa Bay, the Upper Galilee, and Central Galilee on Tuesday, the Israeli military said, adding that interceptors were deployed to counter the attack.
A woman in her 70s was injured by shrapnel and taken to the hospital, the Magen David Adom rescue service reported.
In Kiryat Yam, a city north of Haifa, another rocket struck a residential building, Israeli state-owned Kan TV news reported.
"The majority of the projectiles were intercepted by the Israel Air Force Aerial Defence Array," the military said, noting that "multiple" rockets managed to hit the area as reported by news agency.
Hezbollah confirmed on Tuesday in a statement that it targeted the northern Israeli city of Haifa and the Krayot cluster -- which contains four small cities and two neighbourhoods in Haifa -- at noon with a large salvo of missiles to support the Palestinians in Gaza, defend Lebanon and its people, and respond to "the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages, and civilians".
The rocket barrage followed a series of Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburb earlier on Tuesday.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it is carrying out strikes against Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs.
In a separate statement on Tuesday, the IDF said it sent its reserve unit, the 146th Armour Division, across the northwestern border with Lebanon on Monday to conduct "limited, localised, targeted operational activities against Hezbollah terror targets and infrastructure in southwestern Lebanon".
Photos and video footage released by the IDF showed troops operating tanks and Humvee tactical vehicles near the Israel-Lebanon border.